Thanks

[1980GS1000E]

Just wanted to say thank you to the folks that helped, Basscliff, posplayr, Nessism, Duaneage, and the whole forum in general for the assistance in getting my GS to charge it's own battery! After changing out the R/R to one of Duaneage's units, and CLEANING the connections (All of them), I am getting 14 volts at 5000. Plus, my walmart battery took a dive in the middle of all this. Poof. Didn't even have to put the new stator in, but I will when it arrives. I be a happy boy.

[Rover]

Great looking GS1000.

[bonanzadave]

Basscliff, posplayr, Nessism, Duaneage,

Sounds like a group of super heroes !

I am getting 14 volts at 5000.

That should work. Would be nice to see another 1/2 a volt at only 2K. Maybe a new stator will help. Consider an onboard volt meter. You can get a cheap one and its good piece of mind.

[jwhelan65]

sweet bike...I like your avatar.

[posplayr]

Thanks,
14V is a little low but I would be more concerned if your voltage drops are high in Steps #2 and #3 of Part A in the stator tests .

While 14V is fine, if the voltage drops are a little high it is due to dirty conenctions (yea I know but they must be somewhere) and it will continue to get worse.

Alternatively the R/R could just be regulating low.

Did you use a Honda R/R and where did you hook the sense wire? With Honda I would think that you are only sensitive to ground side resistance.

[1100E]

sweet bike...I like your avatar.

x2 Very nice looking bike! Cool Avatar, too!!

[1980GS1000E]

Thanks folks for the kind words on the bike. Could be my HF voltmeter. It could very well be 14.5. It kicks up at 2k and stays there. And my horn works now, too!!

[1980GS1000E]

Did you use a Honda R/R and where did you hook the sense wire? With Honda I would think that you are only sensitive to ground side resistance.

Yes, I went the Duaneage rte and soldered the connections from the stator directly to the r/r, and soldered the red wire connections as well. Cleaned and dremeled with a wire brush all the eye connections. Cleaned the fuse connections and replaced all the fuses and checked the underside. Ran a new ground wire from the case of the r/r (sanded off the paint first) directly to the battery, chased the threads of the 4 holes in the r/r / fuse holder / starter solenoid mounting plate and used new bolts with lock washers to insure good connections. Also removed and painted the battery box along with cleaning the ground connection to that. The sense wire was soldered to the hot side of the rear brake lead.